Re: Help with desegmentation issue

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Jarolin, Robert a écrit :
> I discovered what the problem was with the dissection.
> It turns out that "tcp_dissect_pdus" does not work properly if the 
> packet(s) have "TCP CHECKSUM INCORRECT"
>
> I took the data (4 packets) that had the data segmented and rebuilt 
> the packet header data including the TCP header using text2pcap.
>
> When I tried to dissect these packets (that now had proper TCP 
> checksums), my dissector correctly desegmented the data.
> I then edited the packets to just change the TCP checksum and tried 
> again.  The packets can no longer be desegmented.
This is the normal wireshark behavior.
> Any ideas what to do about this issue?
Turn off "Validate the TCP checksum ..." into Edit / Preferences / 
Protocols / TCP.

Olivier
> Thanks.
>
> See my original message below:
>
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>
>
> I have a dissector that uses tcp_dissect_pdus that does not seem to be 
> doing the job.  Please help.
> I have a dump that contains 4 TCP packets that are all related to the 
> same message (a total of 4428 bytes).
> The first 3 packets are a length of 1460 bytes and the last 48 bytes 
> => 1460 * 3 + 48 = 4428
> When dissection takes place, the desegmentation does not seem to 
> properly occur.
>
> Under the TCP portion of the dissection it properly says:
>   [PDU Size: 4428]
> But the data available for dissection is only the size of the first 
> packet (1460)
>
> What I am doing wrong?  Thanks for any help.
>
> Below are excerpts from my dissector:
>
> #define FRAME_HEADER_LEN 4
>
> *static void*
> *dissect_myproto_message(tvbuff_t *tvb, packet_info *pinfo, proto_tree 
> *tree)*
> {
>   /* Check that there's enough data */
>   total_len = tvb_length(tvb);
>   printf("Total_len = %u\n", total_len);  //* THIS prints 1460*
> .
> // Dissect my data
> .
> }
>
> *static guint*
> *get_myproto_message_len(packet_info *pinfo, tvbuff_t *tvb, int offset)*
> {
>   guint length = 0;
>
>   // myproto message (length is 2 bytes starting at offset 0 * 4)
>   length = (guint) ( tvb_get_ntohs( tvb, offset ) * 4 ); // Get the 
> length
>
>   printf("TOTAL of mesage = %u\n", length);  //* This prints 4428*
>   return length;
> }
>
>
> /* Code to actually dissect the packets */
> *static void*
> *dissect_myproto(tvbuff_t *tvb, packet_info *pinfo, proto_tree *tree)*
> {
>   tcp_dissect_pdus(tvb, pinfo, tree, TRUE, FRAME_HEADER_LEN,
>       get_myproto_message_len, dissect_myproto_message);
> }
>
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